Unilever

  • BusinessAOL

    The 'boring' bubble is close to bursting - the Unilever bid proves it

    The big news last week was that US food giant Kraft Heinz was thinking of having a pop at consumer goods giant Unilever. The Warren Buffett-backed food company was forced to tell the market that it was looking at a $143bn bid for its larger

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  • BusinessAOL

    Unilever delivers sales surprise

    Price cuts in austerity-ridden European markets failed to derail Unilever after better-than-expected sales figures from the Hellmann's and Knorr maker. Shares in the Anglo-Dutch company jumped 3% as it disclosed underlying sales growth of

  • BusinessAOL

    Unilever confirms 300 job cuts

    More than 300 jobs are to be lost after consumer goods giant Unilever confirmed it is to close three plants in Wales. Factories at Swansea and Bridgend will shut by the end of 2013 with the loss of 250

  • BusinessAOL

    Unilever in sites and jobs shake-up

    Consumer goods giant Unilever is proposing to close a number of sites with the loss of up to 800 jobs, while investing £40 million in its biggest UK factory, the firm announced. The plans involve the closure of factories in Swansea and Slough

  • NewsAOL

    Unions accept Unilever pension deal

    The deadlock over a long-running dispute about plans by multi-national giant Unilever to close its final salary pension scheme has been broken after unions accepted the change. Members of Unite and Usdaw have voted to accept a revised scheme,

  • BusinessAOL

    Unilever workers continue to strike

    Unilever workers are continuing the first strike in the consumer goods giant's history in a bitter row over an "unacceptable attack" on their pensions. More than 2,500 employees across the country are involved in the industrial

  • TechnologyAOL

    Pick of the early market news

    There's a bumper crop of results this morning, and we've got no less than seven to bring you in our pick of the morning's news. The names reporting are some of the biggest, with results from Unilever, BT, Pearson and News